"Chang'an Road", which tells the grave robbery and the mood of the middle-aged man, at first glance, is very rich in content and themes. It has both a very tortuous plot, complicated relationship between characters, and deep inner struggles. It's like a good dish, and the combination of actors is also good. Fan Wei, Chen Shu, and Jiao Junyan are all quality actors. But it’s a pity that the pace of the whole movie is comparable to that of a TV series. The big case is not as attractive as "Operation Icebreaker". The story is messy, and the fate of the characters basically knows the ending from the beginning. The director wants to say something very It's a big event, but it's always difficult for the audience to get into this event, and there is a smell of excessive ambition and insufficient strength.
In fact, if "Changan Road" can do one thing well, it will be enough, either to shoot a very tense and suspenseful story of tomb robbery, or to talk about the relationship between Fan Wei's Wan Zhenggang and Jiao Junyan's daughter Zhao Hongyu The father-daughter relationship, or just the middle-aged man who thinks his image is the most important thing, can be explained thoroughly, but unfortunately, neither of them is completely understood. Director
uses a semi-flashback method that he thinks is very advanced to tell the story. First, I will show you some of the later plots, and then look back on how it happened. Staggered in small segments, it will not fail to understand, but also It didn't raise the story's wonderful level. The bad rhythm still controlled the story. The staggered editing method only met the director's own need to show off his skills or hide his clumsiness, and did not make the story better. If the rhythm of the film about the case is bad, it is really a tragedy.
Wan Zhenggang does have a lot of problems in his body. He made up for Zhao Hongyu’s seemingly sincere compensation, and compromised the interests of the middle-aged husband and wife between Lin Baiyu and Lin Baiyu. He cared very much about his public image, and he was very concerned about what he did. Learning seems to have true love, and the audience can almost sympathize with him. His beautiful wife obviously has a leg with others. His daughter is like an enemy to him, and he has to worry about his own history program. This Wanzheng Tsunami looks like the present Those middle-aged men who are thankless and say greasy by accident?
Fan Wei's performance basically moved between ridiculous and sad. It can be said that the actors are indeed the most favorable part of this movie. But when Wan Zhenggang revealed his selfish nature and would rather sacrifice his daughter than give up his public image, I was almost indifferent as an audience. Including the plan behind the tomb robbery is Wan Zhenggang himself, the director solemnly unveiled this suspense, but the audience has long known that he must be behind the ghost, so he is indeed the worst person, and there is no feeling of surprise. Isn't he still Lin Baiyu? Suspense has long been ruined in this story, and when the character's nature is finally exposed, it cannot be surprised or touched.
It seems that only Wan Zhenggang’s daughter, Zhao Hongyu, was deceived. From the very beginning, she focused on finding evidence of Wan Zhenggang’s crime, and gradually believed that he had nothing to do with the tomb robbery, and finally found out that her father had always abandoned them for profit at that time. The mother and daughter have never changed. The only sympathy is the role of Zhao Hongyu, but it is only confined to sympathy, she is not the core of the story.
In the final analysis, the tomb robbery story of "Chang'an Road" was not well told. The ratio between the story and the inner heart of the characters was out of balance. The story was unattractive.
